Data center development is driving residents around Virginia to organize — and make full use of open government laws.

It’s not yet October, but it’s never too soon to celebrate good beer. That’s why the Nature Conservancy has chosen this Sunday afternoon to showcase five brews flavored with native Virginia plants. They’re calling their event OktoberForest.

People told the Lieutenant Governor they’re worried about higher bills, data centers, job losses, grid reliability and the future of clean energy.

“I think we need to take a pause here in Virginia,” Petersburg Democratic Senator Lashrecse Aird said.

Pickleball has exploded in popularity in recent years, attracting people for its friendliness and accessibility. And the number one player over 50, lives in Roanoke.

Recommendations in the report included the improvement of “living conditions for long-term incarceration,” health education, the expansion of addiction treatment services and addressing staffing issues.

This fall, Virginia voters will consider three constitutional amendments, and one of them involves the restoration of voting rights to former felons.

For more than a decade, Virginia’s hosted the Supernova Ska Festival, an event that each year pulls in dozens of performers adhering to the genre’s 1960s origins, as well as newer acts inclined to incorporate punky elements into their work.

Prescriptions for estrogen patches, which ease menopause symptoms, more than tripled in the last eight years. Now there’s a shortage that’s left patients heated and providers scrambling.

For decades, Poage Farm stood out along U.S. 221 as a working farm, marking the region's agricultural history even as the area around it grew into an outskirt of the Roanoke metro area. But these days, the farm and its historic buildings are gone, scraped down to bare earth.